You may be a carer if you provide unpaid support to a family member, partner, friend, or neighbour who could not manage without your help due to illness, disability, frailty, mental health difficulties, or addiction. Many people do not recognise themselves as carers, even though they provide regular support.

Please let a member of our practice team know if you are an unpaid carer so your records can be updated.

Hartlepool Carers

Hartlepool Carers provides free, confidential, impartial information, advice, and support for unpaid carers of all ages, including young carers from age 5 upwards. Services are tailored to individual needs and may include:

• Information, advice and guidance
• One-to-one support
• Carer involvement opportunities
• Peer support groups
• Access to breaks, wellbeing activities and complementary therapies
• Education, employment and volunteering support
• Signposting and referrals to specialist services
• Support for young carers and former carers experiencing bereavement or life after caring

Carers Assessments

All unpaid carers have the right to a Carer's Assessment, regardless of their financial situation or the amount of care they provide. A Carer's Assessment focuses on the carer's own needs and wellbeing and is separate from any assessment of the person being cared for.

Looking After Your Own Health

Caring can have a significant impact on physical health, mental wellbeing, employment, education, finances, and social life. Hartlepool Carers can help carers access support, local groups, benefits advice, wellbeing services, and opportunities to connect with others in similar situations.

Contact Hartlepool Carers

• Telephone: 01429 283095
• Email: staff@hartlepoolcarers.org.uk
• Address: 19A Lowthian Road, Hartlepool, TS24 8BH
• Website: www.hartlepoolcarers.org.uk

Here are some links for some other websites which you may find helpful: 

NHS Support & Benefits for Carers

Carers UK